AS A FRESHMAN IN 2007-08: Provided important
backstroke support to the Tech line-up. At NEWMACs, scored a
Top-8th finish in the 200 Back (2:19.53). Also scored individual
points for the Engineers with an 11th-place finish in the 100 Back.
A critical member of four of Tech's "B" relays. Led off the 200
Medley Relay, which placed 12th, and the 400 Medley Relay, 200 Free
Relay, and 400 Free Relay, which all placed 11th, ahead of all
other "B" relays. Placed 18th in the 50 Free. Also a member of
MIT's varsity soccer team, earning Rookie of the Year honors.

HIGH SCHOOL: A two-sport athlete (swimming and
soccer) for Elizabethtown Area High School...swam under Coach
Angela Warner...competed in district finals all four years...was
twice named team Highest Point Scorer and Big "E" Booster Club Most
Outstanding Athlete...a co-captain as a senior.

PERSONAL: Born March 31, 1989 to David and
Renee Hernley...has two brothers--Paul, a Chemical Engineer and
water polo player at Clemson University, and John...father was a
Division I wrester for Franklin & Marshall College...lists her
proudest collegiate moment as making the championship finals at
NEWMACs in the 200 Back...A Course 2 (Mechanical Engineering)
Major.